JP5644639B2 - Program, system and linkage method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a program, a system, and a cooperation method.

  Conventionally, in order for an information processing apparatus to connect to a wireless LAN access point (hereinafter referred to as “AP”), the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) and encryption key of the AP (or a router incorporating the AP) are used as the information processing apparatus. Must be set to As techniques for simplifying the labor of this setting (hereinafter also referred to as setup), techniques of AOSS (AirStation One-Touch Secure System) and WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) are known.

  In AOSS, an encryption key is exchanged between the information processing apparatus and the AP using a unique encryption technique at the time of setup, and connection between devices and security setting are performed. When the information processing apparatus is temporarily connected to the AP in the initial stage of this setup, the AP transmits the same SSID used in common with other APs to the information processing apparatus, and the information processing apparatus sets the received SSID. And perform the setup process. Further, the information processing apparatus receives the SSID automatically generated by the AP by this setup from the AP, and sets the received SSID. During normal operation, the information processing apparatus uses this SSID to connect to the AP and perform data communication.

  In WPS, at the time of setup, the information processing apparatus receives the SSID and encryption key automatically generated by the AP, and sets the received SSID and encryption key. During normal operation, the information processing apparatus performs data communication by connecting to the AP using the SSID and the encryption key.

JP 2002-159053 A JP 2005-117247 A

  However, in the conventional AOSS and WPS, in order for the information processing apparatus to connect to the AP, the SSID and encryption key of the AP are set in the own apparatus.

  The disclosed technique has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide a new technique for setting information used for wireless LAN connection.

  In one aspect, the program disclosed in the present application is executed by an information communication device, and when requested to transmit information used for wireless communication connection from another information communication device that is a communication partner of wireless communication, The information is transmitted to the other information communication device, and the fact that the transmitted information is received is received from the other information communication device. Causes a computer to execute processing for requesting transmission of the information.

  According to one aspect of the program disclosed in the present application, it is possible to provide a new technique for setting information used for wireless LAN connection.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the connection operation in the setup mode. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the quick mode connection operation. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the PC-mobile phone link system according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the cooperation unit. FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the SSID at the time of shipment. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the SSID after the user change. FIG. 5C is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the setup mode SSID (without a passkey). FIG. 5D is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a setup mode SSID (when a passkey exists). FIG. 5E is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the quick mode SSID (without a passkey). FIG. 5F is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a quick mode SSID (when a passkey is provided). FIG. 6A is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the setup mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the setup mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 6C is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the setup mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone cooperation selection screen. FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen waiting for connection from a mobile phone. FIG. 7C is a diagram illustrating an example of the PC cooperation selection screen. FIG. 7D is a diagram illustrating an example of a PC cooperation start screen. FIG. 7E is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for searching for an AP. FIG. 7F is a diagram illustrating an example of a device selection screen. FIG. 7G is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone linkage screen. FIG. 7H is a diagram illustrating an example of a PC linkage screen. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a setup sequence. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of profile information. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a device cooperation connection processing sequence. FIG. 11A is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone link screen. FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating an example of a PC cooperation screen. FIG. 11C is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the PC in the linked connection state. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the setting information file. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for transmitting data to a plurality of PCs. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an Internet connection processing sequence. FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen during AP mode communication. FIG. 16A is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the quick mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 16B is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the quick mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 16C is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the quick mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 16D is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the quick mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 16E is a diagram illustrating a processing sequence in the quick mode according to the embodiment. FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating an example of a direct reception start screen. FIG. 17B is a diagram illustrating an example of a file reception screen. FIG. 17C is a diagram illustrating an example of a go-out mode screen. FIG. 17D is a diagram illustrating an example of a file selection screen. FIG. 17E is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission destination selection screen. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration. FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a mobile phone. FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the PC.

Embodiments of a program, a system, and a cooperation method disclosed in the present application will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment , the information communication device in the system is a PC or a mobile phone having a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) function. These devices are examples of information communication devices, and the present invention is not limited to this embodiment.

  First, a connection operation that is a premise of cooperation in cooperation between information communication devices according to the present embodiment will be described. There are “setup mode” and “quick mode” as connection operations that are the premise of cooperation. The “setup mode” is an operation mode used when the SSID (Service Set Identifier) and device information used in “normal operation” are mutually registered after authentication between information communication devices and are always connected to the network in normal operation. It is. Here, “normal operation” means performing data communication in a normal wireless LAN environment. “Setup” refers to a setting process for enabling normal operation between information communication devices. This setting process includes, for example, an authentication registration process. “Quick mode” is an operation mode used when information communication devices not belonging to a network are temporarily connected to the network. When connecting to a network in the quick mode, for example, data may be temporarily transmitted or received between information communication devices. The wireless LAN environment in the present embodiment uses, for example, Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), but is not limited to this. The SSID is an access point identifier that is assigned to identify an access point in wireless communication. The SSID used in normal operation is an example of a first access point identifier. The SSID used in normal operation is an example of a third access point identifier.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the connection operation in the setup mode. In the example of FIG. 1, a case will be described in which a personal computer (PC) a operates as an access point and a mobile phone c operates as a station (client device). As shown in FIG. 1, “FFFFFFFF_xxxxxxxxxxxx” is set in the PCa as the SSID for normal operation. PCa has a category of notebook PC.

  Under such circumstances, the PCb sets the SSID for normal operation and is connected to the PCa that is the access point. At this time, it is assumed that the mobile phone c as a station is not connected to the PCa.

  Then, the cellular phone c tries to connect to the PCa that is an access point in the setup mode. At this time, the PCa which is the access point gives an identifier corresponding to the presence / absence of a passkey indicating a password used for network construction processing and authentication and the category of the own device to the SSID for normal operation. Here, the PCa gives an identifier corresponding to the setup mode, no passkey, and a notebook PC to the SSID for normal operation. That is, the PCa adds “$” indicating the setup mode, “R” indicating that there is no passkey, “N” indicating the notebook PC, and “_” as a delimiter to the normal operation SSID “FFFFFFFF-xxxxxxxxxxxx”. The SSID is changed to a new SSID for the connected operation. Then, the PCa performs a connection operation with the mobile phone c using the SSID for connection operation. While the PCa is connected to the mobile phone c, the PCb connected to the PCa is disconnected from the PCa because the SSID of the PCa is changed. The SSID for the setup mode is an example of a second access point identifier. The setup mode SSID is an example of a fourth access point identifier.

  Further, after the connection is established between the PCa and the mobile phone c (the setup is completed), the PCa returns from the SSID for connection operation to the SSID for normal operation for normal operation. On the other hand, in order to perform normal operation, the mobile phone c also takes out the SSID of normal operation from the SSID used by the PCa during the connection operation based on the above SSID generation logic, and uses the SSID to search for an access point To establish a connection with the PCa which is the access point indicated by the SSID. In addition, since the PCb whose communication with the PCa has been disconnected has returned to the SSID for normal operation, the SSID of the PCa is discovered by the access point search process, and the PCa is reconnected with the SSID using the SSID. To do.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the quick mode connection operation. In the example of FIG. 2, a case where the PCa operates as an access point and the mobile phone c operates as a station will be described as in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, “FFFFFFFF_xxxxxxxxxxxx” is set in the PCa as the SSID for normal operation. PCa has a category of notebook PC.

  Under such circumstances, the PCb sets the SSID for normal operation and is connected to the PCa that is the access point. At this time, it is assumed that the mobile phone c as a station is not connected to the PCa.

  Then, the cellular phone c tries to connect to the PCa that is an access point in the quick mode. At this time, the PCa that is the access point gives an identifier corresponding to the network construction process, the presence / absence of a passkey, and the category of the own device to the SSID for normal operation. Here, the PCa gives the identifier corresponding to the quick mode, no passkey, and the notebook PC to the SSID for normal operation. That is, the PCa has “!” Indicating the quick mode in the SSID “FFFFFFFF-xxxxxxxxxxxx” of normal operation, “R” indicating no passkey, “N” indicating the notebook PC, and “_” as a delimiter. The SSID is changed to a new SSID for the quick mode to which is given. Then, the PCa performs a connection operation with the mobile phone c using the SSID for the quick mode, and receives data transmitted from the mobile phone c after the connection is established. While the PCa is connected to the mobile phone c and receiving data, the PCb connected to the PCa is disconnected from the PCa because the SSID of the PCa is changed. The SSID for quick mode is an example of a second access point identifier. The quick mode SSID is an example of a fourth access point identifier.

  Further, after the PCa receives the data transmitted from the mobile phone c, the PCa returns the SSID for the quick mode to the SSID for the normal operation in order to return to the state before the quick mode. Then, the mobile phone b disconnects communication with the PCa. As a result, the PCb whose communication has been disconnected finds the SSID of the PCa by the access point search process, and reconnects with the PCa using the SSID.

[Configuration of PC-Cellular Phone Cooperation System According to Embodiment]
Next, the configuration of the PC-mobile phone link system 1 according to the embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the PC-mobile phone link system 1 according to the embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, the PC-mobile phone link system 1 includes n PCs 2 and one mobile phone 3, and performs cooperation between the n PCs 2 and one mobile phone 3. . Here, “cooperation” refers to exchanging data such as photos and videos.

  The PC 2 includes a WLAN unit 21, a cooperation unit 22, an input control unit 23, and a display control unit 24. Each of the n PCs 2 has these units.

  The WLAN unit 21 performs communication using a wireless LAN, and here, communicates with the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3. The WLAN unit 21 includes an AP unit 211 that causes the WLAN unit 21 to function as an access point in wireless LAN communication, and an STA unit 212 that causes the WLAN unit 21 to function as a station (client device) in wireless LAN communication.

  The cooperation unit 22 cooperates with other information communication devices using the WLAN unit 21, and here cooperates with the cooperation unit 32 of the mobile phone 3. Details of the cooperation unit 22 will be described later.

  The input control unit 23 receives data input by the user using an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard, and passes the received data to the linkage unit 22. The display control unit 24 displays the data output from the cooperation unit 22 on the display device.

  The mobile phone 3 includes a WLAN unit 31, a link unit 32, a radio control unit 33, an input control unit 34, a display control unit 35, a call control unit 36, a microphone control unit 37, and a call recording unit 38. The telephone directory recording unit 39 and the whereabouts detection control unit 3a are provided.

  The WLAN unit 31 communicates using a wireless LAN, and here, communicates with the WLAN units 21 of n PCs 2. The WLAN unit 31 includes an AP unit 311 that allows the WLAN unit 31 to function as an access point in wireless LAN communication, and an STA unit 312 that causes the WLAN unit 31 to function as a station (client device) in wireless LAN communication.

  The cooperation unit 32 cooperates with other information communication devices using the WLAN unit 31, and here, cooperates with the cooperation units 22 of n PCs 2. Details of the cooperation unit 32 will be described later.

  The wireless control unit 33 performs voice communication and data communication wirelessly with other mobile phones, fixed phones, computers installed by mobile phone service providers, and the like. The input control unit 34 receives data input by the user using an input device such as a button, and passes the received data to the linkage unit 32. The display control unit 35 displays data output from the cooperation unit 32 on the display device.

  The call control unit 36 performs control such as connection, release, and monitoring of the telephone. The microphone control unit 37 controls a microphone used for a call, and the call recording unit 38 records the call. The phone book recording unit 39 manages the phone book, and the whereabouts detection control unit 3 a performs control for detecting the position of the mobile phone 3.

[Configuration of linkage unit]
Next, the structure of the cooperation parts 22 and 32 is demonstrated. In addition, since the cooperation part 32 has the structure similar to the cooperation part 22, it demonstrates taking the cooperation part 22 as an example here. That is, a case where the cooperation unit 22 of the PC 2 cooperates with the mobile phone 3 as another information communication device will be described as an example. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of the cooperation unit 22.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the linkage unit 22 includes a setup unit 221, a device linkage unit 222, an Internet connection unit 223, a quick connection unit 224, a linkage data storage unit 225, a GUI unit 226, and a device selection unit. 227 and a control unit 228.

  The setup unit 221 performs authentication registration with another information communication device that has not performed authentication registration, and here performs authentication registration with the mobile phone 3. Details of the setup unit 221 will be described later.

  The device cooperation unit 222 cooperates with information communication devices that have been mutually registered for authentication, and here, cooperates with the mobile phone 3. Details of the device cooperation unit 222 will be described later.

  The Internet connection unit 223 enables Internet access using 3G communication (third generation communication) from an information communication device that is not connected to a network in cooperation with another information communication device that is in a cooperative state. Here, the Internet connection unit 223 connects the PC 2 to the Internet using the 3G communication function of the mobile phone 3 when the PC 2 is not connected to the network, such as outdoors. Details of the Internet connection unit 223 will be described later.

  The quick connection unit 224 temporarily cooperates with other information communication devices without prior authentication registration, and here, temporarily associates with the mobile phone 3. Details of the quick connection unit 224 will be described later.

  The cooperation data storage unit 225 stores data necessary for cooperation with other information communication devices, and the SSID when the own device operates as an AP, the SSID of other information communication devices that have been mutually registered for authentication, and encryption. Stores keys, device information, setting information, and the like. Here, the cooperation data storage unit 225 stores an SSID when the PC 2 operates as an AP, an SSID of the mobile phone 3, an encryption key, device information, setting information, and the like. When there are a plurality of information communication devices that have been mutually registered for authentication, the SSID, device information, encryption key, setting information, etc. are stored for each information communication device. Details of the SSID will be described later.

  The GUI unit 226 performs a dialog with the user using a GUI (Graphical User Interface). Here, the GUI unit 226 receives data input by the user from the input control unit 23 and passes it to the control unit 228, receives display data from the control unit 228 and passes it to the display control unit 24.

  The device selection unit 227 displays a plurality of device information and allows the user to select a cooperation target device when there are a plurality of other information communication devices that have been mutually registered for authentication. In the PC-mobile phone link system 1, even if a plurality of mobile phones 3 have already been authenticated and registered so as to be able to cooperate, a single mobile phone 3 can be connected to the PC 2 at the same time so as to prevent unintended linkage with the mobile phone PC 2. is there. That is, communication between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is performed on a one-to-one basis. Therefore, when the PC 2 cooperates with a plurality of mobile phones 3, the PC 2 selects each mobile phone 3 in order and performs cooperation. Similarly, when the mobile phone 3 cooperates with a plurality of PCs 2, the mobile phone 3 selects each PC 2 in order and performs cooperation.

  The control unit 228 controls the entire linkage unit 22, specifically, moves the control between the functional units and transfers data between the functional unit and the storage unit, thereby making the whole as the linkage unit 22. Make it work.

[Example of data structure of SSID]
Next, details of the SSID will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5F. 5A to 5F, “PC-NB” represents a notebook personal computer, and “PC-DT” represents a desktop personal computer.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the SSID at the time of device shipment. The SSID at the time of shipment of the device has a device name of 1 to 15 characters, “_” (underscore), a MAC address of 12 characters in any of PC-NB, PC-DT, and mobile phone, and the total number of characters is 14 ~ 28.

  FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the SSID after the user change. The SSID after the change by the user is a user-unique ASCII character string of 1 to 28 characters in any of PC-NB, PC-DT, and mobile phone.

  FIG. 5C is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of the setup mode SSID (without a passkey). The SSID in the setup mode (without a passkey) is obtained by adding “$ RN”, “$ RD” or “$ RM” and “_” (underscore) to the head of the SSID for normal operation. In the case of PC-NB, “$ RN” is added, in the case of PC-DT, “$ RD” is added, and in the case of a mobile phone, “$ RM” is added. “$” Represents that the information communication device operating as an access point is in the setup mode, “R” represents no passkey, “N” represents a notebook computer, and “D” represents a desktop computer. “M” represents a mobile phone. The total number of characters is 5 to 32 because four characters are added to the head of the SSID for normal operation.

  FIG. 5D is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a setup mode SSID (when a passkey exists). The SSID in the setup mode (with a passkey) is obtained by adding “$ FN”, “$ FD” or “$ FM” and “_” (underscore) to the head of the SSID for normal operation. In the case of PC-NB, “$ FN” is added, in the case of PC-DT, “$ FD” is added, and in the case of a mobile phone, “$ FM” is added. “F” represents the presence of a passkey. The total number of characters is 5 to 32 because four characters are added to the head of the SSID for normal operation.

  FIG. 5E is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the quick mode SSID (without a passkey). The quick mode SSID (in the case of no passkey) is obtained by adding “! RN”, “! RD” or “! RM” and “_” (underscore) to the head of the SSID for normal operation. “! RN” is added in the case of PC-NB, “! RD” is added in the case of PC-DT, and “! RM” is added in the case of a mobile phone. “!” Indicates that the information communication device operating as the access point is in the quick mode. The total number of characters is 5 to 32 because four characters are added to the head of the SSID for normal operation.

  FIG. 5F is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of a quick mode SSID (when a passkey is provided). The quick mode SSID (with passkey) is obtained by adding “! FN”, “! FD”, “! FM”, and “_” (underscore) to the head of the SSID for normal operation. “! FN” is added in the case of PC-NB, “! FD” is added in the case of PC-DT, and “! FM” is added in the case of a mobile phone. The total number of characters is 5 to 32 because four characters are added to the head of the SSID for normal operation.

[Processing sequence in setup mode]
Next, processing in the setup mode between the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 and the setup unit of the mobile phone 3 will be described. In the following, the setup unit of the mobile phone 3 is referred to as the setup unit 321 in association with the setup unit 221. Further, in association with the cooperation data storage unit 225, the cooperation data storage unit of the mobile phone 3 is referred to as a cooperation data storage unit 325. 6A to 6C are diagrams illustrating a processing sequence in the setup mode between the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 and the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3. 6A to 6C, it is assumed that authentication registration is not performed between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3, and the mobile phone cooperation is selected by the user on the PC 2, and the mobile phone cooperation selection screen shown in FIG. 7A is displayed. Is displayed on the screen of the PC 2. Further, in the mobile phone 3 to be linked, it is assumed that the mobile phone 3 is raised by the user and the personal computer link selection screen shown in FIG. 7C is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 3. In addition, wireless communication between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is performed via the WLAN units 21 and 31.

  First, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 confirms the presence / absence of a mobile phone registered through mobile phone cooperation (step S101). Here, a case where a mobile phone is not registered will be described. When the user presses the automatic setting start button using the input device (step S102), the setup unit 221 starts the setup mode.

  Then, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 adds “$ RN_” or “$ RD_” to the head of the SSID for normal operation to generate a new SSID, that is, a setup mode SSID (step S103). That is, the setup unit 221 adds “$ RN_” when the PC 2 is PC-NB, and adds “$ RD_” when the PC 2 is PC-DT to generate the setup mode SSID. Note that the SSID for normal operation is set in advance at the time of shipment, but can be changed to a user-specified SSID from a mobile phone cooperation selection screen described later.

  Subsequently, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 automatically generates an encryption key under specific conditions using the setup mode SSID (step S104). Then, the setup unit 221 requests the WLAN unit 21 to start up the AP unit 211 (FIGS. 6A and 6B are indicated as AP) (step S105). Here, as an example of the AP unit 211, a Soft AP that behaves as a wireless LAN access point (AP) compliant with IEEE 802.11 may be employed. SoftAP implements the function as an AP by software.

  The WLAN unit 21 requested to activate the AP unit 211 activates the AP unit 211 (shown as AP in FIG. 6), and notifies the setup unit 221 of the activation completion of the AP unit 211 (step S106). Then, the setup unit 221 displays a screen indicating that it is waiting for connection from the mobile phone 3 (step S107). At this time, the setup unit 221 notifies the AP unit 211 that the setup mode is to be executed (step S108), and receives an ACK (ACKnowledgement) from the AP unit 211 (step S109).

  On the other hand, when the user selects personal computer cooperation using the input device (step S110), the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 displays a personal computer cooperation start screen that prompts automatic connection of mobile phone cooperation from the PC 2. At this time, the setup unit 321 instructs the WLAN unit 31 to start the STA unit 312. When the user of the PC 2 presses the OK button using the input device (step S111), the setup unit 321 starts searching for activated PCs to start the setup mode (step S112).

  Then, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 sets a timeout time and instructs the WLAN unit 31 to search for a PC that has been activated and operates as an AP (steps S113 and S114). The WLAN unit 31 performs a search in response to an instruction from the setup unit 321 (step S115). That is, the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 transmits a Probe request (Step S116), and receives a Probe response from the PC 2 operating as an AP in this example (Step S117). In the following description, a PC operating as an AP is also called a PC-AP. Here, if there is another AP in operation within the search range (including other PC-APs, mobile phones that operate as APs, other AP dedicated devices, routers with AP functions, etc.), the WLAN unit The 31 STA unit 312 also receives the Probe response from the AP. In this way, the STA unit 312 acquires a search result (step S118). That is, the STA unit 312 may acquire only one SSID as a search result, or may acquire a plurality of SSIDs. The STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 notifies the search result to the setup unit 321 every time it receives a Probe response.

  Then, the setup unit 321 extracts the setup mode SSID starting from “$ RN_” or “$ RD_” from the search results acquired from the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 within the set timeout period (step S119). ). That is, the setup unit 321 extracts only the PC-AP that is in the setup mode.

  Then, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 displays a device selection screen indicating the extracted PC-AP (device that may be connected to the mobile phone 3) (step S120). If there are a plurality of PC-APs, the setup unit 321 selects a device (PC-AP) to be connected based on a user instruction using the input device on the device selection screen (step S121). When there is one extracted PC-AP, the setup unit 321 selects the PC-AP.

  Then, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 automatically generates an encryption key under a specific condition using the setup mode SSID of the selected device (step S122). This specific condition is the same algorithm as the specific condition used when the encryption key is automatically generated in the PC 2. Then, the setup unit 321 holds the setup mode SSID, the automatically generated encryption key, and device information (profile information) of the setup mode of the selected device in the linkage data storage unit 326.

  Then, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 notifies the PC 2 of the connection request to which the generated encryption key is added via the WLAN unit 31 that it is in the setup mode (step S123). Then, the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 and the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2 start communication, perform authentication using the encryption key, and establish communication when authenticated. Then, the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2 notifies the setup unit 221 of establishment of communication (step S124). In addition, the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 notifies the setup unit 321 that the connection is established (step S125). Thereby, the authentication between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is performed.

  When the authentication is performed between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 performs mutual authentication registration with the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 (step S126). As a result of the authentication registration, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 holds profile information during normal operation of the communication partner PC 2 in the cooperation data storage unit 325. Details of authentication registration of the setup units 221 and 321 will be described later.

  After the authentication registration, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 instructs the WLAN unit 21 to stop the AP unit 211 (step S127), and receives a notification of completion of the stop from the WLAN unit 21 that stopped the AP unit 211 (step S128). . Thereby, the communication between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is disconnected.

  On the other hand, after authentication registration, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 deletes the setup mode profile information, the setup mode SSID, and the encryption key (step S129). Then, the setup unit 321 confirms the disconnection of the wireless (step S130). Upon confirming the disconnection of the radio, the setup unit 321 sets a search process timeout period to search for the PC 2 (step S131). Then, the setup unit 321 stops the STA unit 312 via the WLAN unit 31 (step S132), and receives a notification of completion of the stop from the WLAN unit 31 (step S133).

  Then, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 searches for an SSID for normal operation of the PC 2 in order to establish communication with the PC 2 that has been authenticated and registered as described above (step S134). The setup unit 321 instructs the WLAN unit 31 to search, and the WLAN unit 31 executes the search according to the instruction (step S135). That is, the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 transmits a Probe request (step S136), and notifies the setup unit 321 of the probe response received within a predetermined time as a search result (step S137). This example shows an example in which the AP unit 211 of the PC 2 that has been in the setup mode in the above-described state is not in a normal operation state until the probe request is transmitted. Therefore, here, the setup unit 321 cannot confirm the SSID for the normal operation in the search result received from the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31, and the search for the SSID for the normal operation is NG (step S138). . The setup unit 321 uses the SSID of the PC 2 included in the profile information acquired at the time of authentication registration in step S126 and stored in the cooperative data storage unit 325, so that the SSID of the normal operation that is the search target is included in the search result. It is judged whether or not.

  On the other hand, in the PC 2, after the communication with the mobile phone 3 is disconnected, a process for shifting the AP unit 211 to the normal operation state is performed independently of the above-described process of the mobile phone 3. After the stop of the AP unit 211 is completed, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 returns the normal operation SSID and the normal operation encryption key (step S140). Then, the setup unit 221 requests the WLAN unit 21 to activate the AP unit 211 (step S141). The WLAN unit 21 requested to activate the AP unit 211 activates the AP unit 211 and notifies the setup unit 221 of activation completion of the AP unit 211 (step S142). Then, the setup unit 221 instructs the AP unit 211 to execute a normal operation (step S143), and receives an ACK from the AP unit 211 that has entered the normal operation (step S144).

  In response to the search result being NG in the above-described search process, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 performs a search retry of the PC with the SSID for normal operation (step S139). Similarly to the above, the setup unit 321 instructs the WLAN unit 31 to perform a search, and the WLAN unit 31 executes the search again according to the instruction (step S145). That is, the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 transmits a Probe request (step S146). In response to this Probe request, the AP unit 211 of the PC 2 that has entered normal operation notifies the Probe unit of the Probe response to the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 (step S147). The Probe response from the AP unit 211 of the PC 2 includes the SSID in the normal operation of the PC 2. The STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 notifies the setup unit 321 of the Probe response received within a predetermined time as a search result (step S148). At this time, the search result includes the SSID of the normal operation of the PC 2. If the search result is NG as a result of this search retry process, the search retry process is repeated within the timeout period set in step S131.

  The setup unit 321 that has acquired the search result from the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 detects the SSID for normal operation from the search result (step S149). Here, when there are a plurality of the same SSID used in the normal operation, the setup unit 321 determines a PC that performs the normal operation using the MAC address included in the profile information during the normal operation.

  Then, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 notifies the connection request to which the encryption key for normal operation is added via the WLAN unit 31 (step S150). Then, the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 and the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2 start communication, perform authentication using the encryption key, and establish communication when authenticated. Then, the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2 notifies the setup unit 221 of establishment of communication (step S151). Then, the setup unit 221 displays a screen on the PC 2 indicating that the connection is being established through mobile phone cooperation.

  In addition, the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 notifies the setup unit 321 of establishment of a connection (step S152). Then, the setup unit 321 displays a screen indicating that the connection is being established by personal computer cooperation on the mobile phone 3. As a result, the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 are connected to the network by a normal operation.

[Example of screen used in processing sequence in setup mode]
FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone cooperation selection screen. As shown in FIG. 7A, when the mobile phone link is selected on the PC 2, the PC 2 displays an automatic setting start button in order to automatically set up with the mobile phone 3. Further, the PC 2 displays a text box for changing the SSID for normal operation to an SSID of any user. In FIG. 7A, the PC 2 can set an arbitrary SSID of the user.

  FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen waiting for connection from a mobile phone. As shown in FIG. 7B, when the mobile phone is linked, the PC 2 displays a message “Waiting for connection from the mobile phone” prompting the mobile phone 3 to activate the link unit 32 on the PC 2.

  FIG. 7C is a diagram illustrating an example of the PC cooperation selection screen. As shown in FIG. 7C, when the mobile phone 3 is started up, the mobile phone 3 displays an icon for starting the cooperation unit 32.

  FIG. 7D is a diagram illustrating an example of a PC cooperation start screen. As shown in FIG. 7D, when the mobile phone 3 performs PC cooperation, the message for prompting the PC 2 to start the cooperation unit 22 is displayed together with a message for starting the PC cooperation by the user after starting the cooperation unit 22 on the PC 2. Show button.

  FIG. 7E is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen for searching for an AP. As shown in FIG. 7E, the mobile phone 3 displays a searching screen while searching for a PC operating as an AP.

  FIG. 7F is a diagram illustrating an example of a device selection screen. As shown in FIG. 7F, when searching for a PC that operates as an AP, the mobile phone 3 displays connectable devices that are search results, and displays an automatic connection button for allowing the user to select a device for each device. .

  FIG. 7G is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone linkage screen. As shown in FIG. 7G, when the PC 2 returns the normal operation SSID and establishes communication with the mobile phone 3 again, the PC 2 displays a screen indicating that the mobile phone 3 is connected to the mobile phone 3 through cooperation with the mobile phone.

  FIG. 7H is a diagram illustrating an example of a PC linkage screen. As shown in FIG. 7H, when the mobile phone 3 establishes communication with the PC 2 again by the SSID of the normal operation, the mobile phone 3 displays a screen indicating that it is connected to the PC 2 by the PC cooperation.

[Setup process sequence]
Next, the sequence of the setup process in S126 shown in FIG. 6B will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a setup sequence. In FIG. 8, it is assumed that the PC 2 operates as an access point (AP) and the mobile phone 3 operates as a station (STA). Further, it is assumed that the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 are authenticated by establishing communication using the setup mode SSID.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 transmits a setup (authentication registration) start request to the PC 2 (step S201), and the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 accepts the setup start request. Then, a setup start response is transmitted to the mobile phone 3 as a response to the setup start request (step S202).

  When the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 receives the setup start response, the setup unit 321 transmits an update request for the device information and the wireless LAN information to the PC 2 (step S203), and the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 Is received and device information and wireless LAN information are prepared for transmission, and then an update response is transmitted to the mobile phone 3 as a response to the update request (step S204). When the update response is received, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 transmits an acquisition request for the device information and the wireless LAN information to the PC 2 (step S205), and the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 As a response, device information and wireless LAN information of the device itself are transmitted to the mobile phone 3 (step S206). Here, the device information means profile information described later. The wireless LAN information indicates information including an SSID for normal operation and an encryption key for normal operation.

  Then, the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 receives the device information and the wireless LAN information transmitted from the PC 2, and transmits a reception completion notification notifying that the reception has been normally completed to the PC 2 (step S207). The data storage unit 325 stores the PC 2 SSID, encryption key, and device information.

  The setup unit 221 of the PC 2 that has received the reception completion notification transmits an update request to the mobile phone 3 for the device information and the wireless LAN information (step S208), and the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 receives the update request. Then, after preparing to transmit the device information of the own device and the wireless LAN information, an update response is transmitted to the PC 2 as a response to the update request (step S209). Then, when receiving the update response, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 transmits an acquisition request for the device information and the wireless LAN information to the mobile phone 3 (step S210), and the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 acquires the acquisition response. As a response to the request, device information on the own device and wireless LAN information are transmitted to the PC 2 (step S211).

  Then, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 receives the device information and the wireless LAN information transmitted from the mobile phone 3, and transmits a reception completion notification notifying that the reception has been completed normally to the mobile phone 3 (step S212). The cooperative data storage unit 225 stores the SSID, encryption key, and device information of the mobile phone 3.

  Thereafter, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 transmits a setup end request to the mobile phone 3 (step S213), and the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 receives the setup end request and completes the setup to the PC 2 as a response thereto. A response is transmitted (step S214). As a result, mutual setup, that is, authentication registration is completed between the mobile phone 3 and the PC 2.

  Note that there may be a case where the wireless LAN radio wave does not reach or an unexpected error occurs between the start of setup and the end of setup. In this case, since the setup units 221 and 321 have not completely completed the setup, all the device information and wireless LAN information received during setup may be discarded.

[Example of data structure of profile information]
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data structure of profile information. As shown in FIG. 9, the profile information stores the version number, model, MAC address, hardware information, individual function, and linkage function. In the version number, version information of the cooperation units 22 and 32 in the own device is stored. The model stores the category information of the own device. For example, the model stores a distinction between a notebook computer, a desktop computer, and a mobile phone. The content of this model may be determined as appropriate according to the category of the device. The MAC address information of the own device is stored in the MAC address. In the hardware information, for example, information on the number of pixels is stored for a liquid crystal display (LCD) and camera information. In the individual function, whether or not the WOL (Wake On LAN) is supported is stored. The cooperation function stores information indicating whether or not there is support for each cooperation function. Note that the profile information is stored in the associated data storage units 225 and 325 provided in the own device for each device, for example, at the time of shipment.

  Thus, the setup unit 221 of the PC 2 and the setup unit 321 of the mobile phone 3 perform handshaking before data transmission / reception. That is, the setup units 221 and 321 register the profile information of the communication partner device and the wireless LAN information with each other before data transmission / reception. Therefore, the setup units 221 and 321 can be simply connected even if the function as an AP and the function as a station are switched in the future.

  In the embodiment, the PC 2 operates as an access point (AP), and the mobile phone 3 operates as a station (STA). However, the mobile phone 3 may operate as an AP and the PC 2 may operate as an STA.

  In the embodiment, the mobile phone 3 on the STA side transmits an acquisition request for device information and wireless LAN information to the PC 2 on the AP side in advance. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the AP-side PC 2 may transmit an acquisition request for device information and wireless LAN information to the STA-side mobile phone 3 in advance.

[Device linkage connection processing sequence]
Next, device cooperation connection processing between the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 and the device cooperation unit of the mobile phone 3 will be described. Hereinafter, the device cooperation unit of the mobile phone 3 is referred to as the device cooperation unit 322 in correspondence with the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating a device cooperation connection processing sequence between the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 and the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3.

  In FIG. 10, it is assumed that authentication registration is performed between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3, and the mobile phone 3 and the PC 2 that cooperate with the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 are selected. Further, it is assumed that the mobile phone cooperation function is selected by the user on the PC 2 and the mobile phone cooperation screen is displayed on the screen of the PC 2. FIG. 11A is a diagram illustrating an example of a mobile phone link screen. As shown in FIG. 11A, the SSID of the mobile phone 3 is displayed on the mobile phone link screen. Immediately after activation of the mobile phone link screen (device link unit 222), the SSID of the mobile phone 3 connected in the previous execution of the mobile phone link function is displayed. In other words, when the cooperation function is executed, the mobile phone cooperation function stores information indicating the counterpart device connected by the execution in the cooperation data storage unit 225, and the information from the cooperation data storage unit 225 at the next start-up. And the information of the mobile phone 3 indicated by the information is displayed on the mobile phone link screen. In addition, after the mobile phone cooperation screen (device cooperation unit 222) is activated, the device cooperation connection processing sequence (step S301) in FIG. . Note that the user can change the mobile phone 3 connected from this screen and execute the mobile phone linkage process. Here, it is assumed that the link unit 32 is not activated in the mobile phone 3 to be linked. Note that wireless communication between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is performed via the WLAN units 21 and 31.

  As illustrated in FIG. 10, the device cooperation unit 222 searches for the mobile phone 3 in order to connect to the selected mobile phone 3 (step S <b> 301). At this time, since the link unit 32 is not activated in the mobile phone 3, there is no response (step S302) that should be transmitted from the cell phone 3 if the link unit 32 is activated. If there is a response, the device cooperation unit 222 checks whether the response is from the mobile phone 3 selected in the mobile phone cooperation (step S303). As a result, the device cooperation unit 222 determines that there is no response from the mobile phone 3 selected in the mobile phone cooperation at this time (step S304). Note that the device cooperation unit 222 may start the search process in step S301 of this sequence by using the PC 2 as a trigger for returning from a standby state such as a sleep state or a hibernation state or starting from a power-off state. . The return and activation of the PC 2 may be performed based on a manual operation of the power button of the PC 2 by the user, a remote instruction (transmission message) via the network by the mobile phone 3, or the like.

  Thereafter, when the cooperation unit 32 is activated in the mobile phone 3 and the PC cooperation is selected by the user, the device cooperation unit 322 displays a PC cooperation screen (step S305). Similarly to the PC 2, the mobile phone 3 displays the SSID of the PC 2 connected in the previous execution of the PC cooperation function when the PC cooperation screen (device cooperation unit 322) is activated. In other words, when the cooperation function is executed, the PC cooperation function stores information indicating the counterpart device connected by the execution in the cooperation data storage unit 325, and the information is received from the cooperation data storage unit 325 at the next activation. The information of PC2 read and indicated by the information is displayed on the PC cooperation screen. In addition, after the PC cooperation screen (device cooperation unit 322) is activated, execution of the device cooperation connection processing sequence (step S305) in FIG. 10 is started with the PC 2 displayed on the PC cooperation screen as the cooperation target device. FIG. 11B is a diagram illustrating an example of the PC cooperation screen. As shown in FIG. 11B, the mobile phone 3 displays that the PC cooperation function is being executed. Further, the user can change the PC 2 connected from this screen and execute the PC cooperation processing.

  The device cooperation unit 322 searches for the PC 2 (step S306). The device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 responds to the search by the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 (step S307). The device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 confirms, for example, using the MAC address whether or not the connection with the selected PC 2 is possible based on the response from the PC 2 (step S308). This confirmation is performed by comparing the MAC address of the PC 2 included in the response with the MAC address included in the profile information acquired in the setup process. If they match, it is determined that connection is possible. As a result, when the connection with the selected PC 2 is possible, the device cooperation unit 322 transmits a PC mobile phone cooperation mode notification to the selected PC 2 (step S309). On the other hand, if connection to the selected PC 2 is not possible, the device cooperation unit 322 does not transmit the PC mobile phone cooperation mode notification.

  And the apparatus cooperation part 222 of PC2 searches the mobile telephone 3 in order to connect with the selected mobile telephone 3 (step S310). The cooperation unit 32 is activated on the mobile phone 3, and the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 determines whether or not the information included in the search matches the profile information acquired in the setup process. If the information matches, it responds to the search (step S311). The device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 determines that there is a response from the mobile phone 2 selected in the mobile phone cooperation (step S312).

  If there is a response from the mobile phone 2 selected in the mobile phone cooperation, the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 transmits a setting information file acquisition request to the mobile phone 3 (step S313). As will be described in detail later, this setting information file includes information indicating valid / invalid settings for each link function in the mobile phone 3. The device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 receives the setting information file acquisition request, prepares for transmission of the setting information file, and then acquires the setting information file in response to the setting information file acquisition request from the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2. A response is transmitted (step S314). And the apparatus cooperation part 222 of PC2 receives a setting information file acquisition response, and transmits a file acquisition request with respect to the mobile phone 3 about a setting information file (step S315). In response to the file acquisition request, the device linkage unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 transmits the setting information file to the PC 2 (step S316). The device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 receives the setting information file transmitted from the mobile phone 3, and transmits a PC mobile phone cooperation completion notification notifying that the reception has been normally completed to the mobile phone 3 (step S317). A screen showing the cooperative connection status is displayed on (Step S318). Thereafter, processing is performed according to the setting for enabling / disabling the cooperation function on the mobile phone 3 side included in the setting information file, and the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 receives data from the mobile phone 3 based on a user instruction. Can be captured.

  FIG. 11C is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen displayed on the PC in the linked connection state. As shown in FIG. 11C, when the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 are in the cooperative connection state, the PC 2 displays data that can be captured from the mobile phone 3 based on the setting information in the setting information file. In FIG. 11C, the PC 2 can take in photos, videos, steps / activity data from the mobile phone 3.

[Example of data structure of setting information file]
FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the data structure of the setting information file. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the setting information file stores whether each linkage function is invalid or valid. Here, the linkage function is a photo data capturing function, a moving image data capturing function, and a step count / activity amount data capturing function. For example, if the value for a photo is “0”, the photo data capturing function is disabled in the mobile phone 3 and the photo data is not allowed to be imported into the PC 2, so the screen shown in FIG. 11C is displayed. The button corresponding to “Photo” is not displayed above. Further, in this case, when the values for the moving image and the number of steps / activity are “1”, the function of taking in these data is set to be effective, and therefore, on the screen shown in FIG. Buttons corresponding to “Video” and “Steps / Activity” are displayed. These buttons are examples of display objects operated by the user.

  As described above, the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 requests the setting information file from the mobile phone 3, and the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 transmits the setting information file to the PC 2. Then, the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 receives the setting file, and displays the cooperation function with the mobile phone 3, that is, data that can be taken from the mobile phone 3, based on the received information of the setting information file. For example, the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 does not display the buttons corresponding to the cooperation function disabled on the mobile phone 3 side on the mobile phone cooperation screen, but only the buttons corresponding to the cooperation function enabled. What is necessary is just to display. Further, for example, when the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 displays buttons corresponding to each cooperation function on the mobile phone cooperation screen, and the button corresponding to the cooperation function set to invalid on the mobile phone 3 side is selected. The data import process may be executed only when the button corresponding to the valid linkage function is selected without executing the data import process. In this way, the device cooperation unit 222 can prevent the execution of such a cooperation function by performing control so that the data cooperation function set to invalid on the data transmission side is not executed. Therefore, it is possible to prevent unnecessary processing from being executed and to prevent the PC 2 from taking in data that the user on the data transmission side does not want to transmit to the data request side.

  Here, the linkage units 22 and 32 transmit and receive setting information using wireless communication, but the linkage units 22 and 32 can also transmit and receive setting information using wired communication.

  Moreover, in the said Example, PC2 started the search process of the mobile telephone 3 by step S301 in the state which the cooperation part 3 of the mobile telephone 3 has not started. Therefore, in step S304, it is determined that there is no response from the mobile phone 3 selected on the mobile phone link screen in the PC2. However, as described above, when the linkage unit 22 (device linkage unit 222) is activated in response to a remote instruction (transmission message) for return or activation from the cellular phone 3 selected on the cellular phone linkage screen in the PC 2, The device cooperation unit 222 receives a response from the mobile phone 3 that has given a remote instruction in the search process at the time of activation. Thus, when the instruction from the mobile phone 3 serves as a trigger for starting the search process by the device cooperation unit 222, the PC 2 starts the process from step S310 instead of step S301 in FIG. Therefore, the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 is in a state in which device cooperation with the mobile phone 3 is possible (a state in which data can be captured from the mobile phone 3) immediately after startup.

[Cooperation with multiple PCs]
Next, a processing procedure of the linkage unit 32 when transmitting data such as a photograph, a moving image, the number of steps, and the amount of activity from one mobile phone 3 to n (n is 2 or more) PCs 2 will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the cooperation unit 32 when data such as a photograph, a moving image, and the number of steps / activity is transmitted from one mobile phone 3 to n PCs 2. However, here, it is assumed that one mobile phone 3 has completed authentication registration with n PCs 2. That is, by executing the setup sequence shown in FIG. 8 (step S126 in FIG. 6B), the cellular phone 3 stores the device information of the PC for each of the n PCs 2 in the linkage data storage unit 325. The cooperative data storage unit 225 stores device information of the mobile phone 3. Hereinafter, the device selection unit of the mobile phone 3 is referred to as a device selection unit 327 in association with the device selection unit 227 of the PC 2.

  As illustrated in FIG. 13, the device selection unit 327 of the mobile phone 3 selects the first PC 2 as a transmission partner based on a user instruction (step S401). The user can select the PC 2 as the transmission partner from the PC cooperation screen displayed in step S305 in FIG. The device selection unit 327 of the mobile phone 3 notifies the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 of the PC 2 selected by the user as a cooperation target device, and requests the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 to cooperate with the PC 2. Upon receiving a request for cooperation with the PC 2, the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 executes search processing by the same processing as step S <b> 306 in FIG. 10 (step S <b> 402). Then, the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 determines the presence / absence of a response from the selected PC 2 by the same process as step S308 in FIG. 10 based on the search result within a predetermined time from the start of the search. It is determined whether or not connection with the PC 2 is possible (step S403). When the response from the selected PC 2 is included in the search result (step S403; Yes), the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 determines that the connection with the selected PC 2 is possible and the step in FIG. A PC mobile phone link mode notification is transmitted to the selected PC 2 by the same processing as S309 (step S404). On the other hand, when the response from the selected PC 2 is not included in the search result (step S403; No), the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 does not transmit the PC mobile phone cooperation mode, and the processing is step S407. Migrate to

  After transmitting the PC mobile phone link mode notification, the same processing as steps S310 to S317 in FIG. 10 is executed, and the connection between the selected PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is established. After the connection is established, device cooperation processing is executed between the selected PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 in accordance with the operation by the user (step S405). This device cooperation processing is, for example, fetching various data from the mobile phone 3 as described with reference to FIGS. 11C and 12.

  When the user instructs the end of cooperation with the selected PC 2, the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 disconnects the connection with the selected PC 2 and ends the device cooperation processing (step S 406). Then, for example, the device cooperation unit 322 of the mobile phone 3 displays a message indicating that the connection with the PC 2 is disconnected, and then returns to the display of the PC cooperation screen. After that, when the PC cooperation screen end operation is received from the user (step S407; Yes), this processing procedure is ended. On the other hand, if the PC cooperation screen is not terminated (step S407; No) and the user receives an operation for selecting another PC 2, the process proceeds to step S401. Then, the above-described processing (steps S401 to S407) is performed on the new PC 2 selected by the user.

  As described above, the link unit 32 of the mobile phone 3 operates so as to establish a connection with only one PC 2 selected by the user in a state in which the link can be performed with a plurality of PCs 2. It confirms that the device information of the telephone 3 is registered in its own device, and operates to establish the connection. After the connection is established in this way, device cooperation processing is executed between the mobile phone 3 and one PC 2. This prevents unnecessary transmission of data to the PC 2 (PC to which data should not be sent) even if the mobile phone 3 can cooperate, and prevents the PC 2 from taking in unnecessary data from the mobile phone 3. Is done. Therefore, the privacy of data is ensured without the data in the mobile phone 3 leaking to irrelevant devices. Such an effect is not limited to the mobile phone and the PC as in the present embodiment, and similarly occurs in the relationship between the device holding the data and other devices.

  Further, while the mobile phone 3 is always used with the power on, the PC 2 is often in a standby state such as a sleep state or a hibernation state or in a power off state. In such a case, the link unit 32 of the mobile phone 3 issues a magic packet to the PC 2 to restore or start the PC 2 and start the link unit 22 to start the PC-mobile phone link. You can also

[Internet connection]
Next, an internet connection process between the internet connection unit 223 in the linkage unit 22 of the PC 2 and the internet connection unit in the linkage unit 32 of the mobile phone 3 will be described. Hereinafter, the Internet connection unit and the setup unit of the mobile phone 3 are referred to as an Internet connection unit 323 and a setup unit 321, respectively, corresponding to the Internet connection unit 223 and the setup unit 221 of the PC 2.

  FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an Internet connection processing sequence between the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 and the Internet connection unit 323 of the mobile phone 3. In FIG. 14, the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 are in a state capable of cooperating with the PC 2 as an AP unit 211 (shown as AP in FIG. 14). In the mobile phone cooperation screen shown in FIG. Is selected. Further, FIG. 14 shows the Internet connection unit 223 and the Internet connection unit 323 as cooperation units.

  As shown in FIG. 14, the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 confirms the information communication device connected to the AP unit 211, and when there is an information communication device connected to the AP unit 211 other than the mobile phone 3. Displays a message for notifying communication disconnection on the PC screen (step S501). Then, the Internet connection unit 223 displays a selection screen for continuing or canceling the Internet connection. When the user selects cancel, the Internet connection unit 223 ends the process, and the mobile phone link screen shown in FIG. 11C is displayed. Control returns to display. On the other hand, when the user selects to continue the Internet connection, the Internet connection unit 223 transmits an AP state confirmation request to the mobile phone 3 (step S502).

  Then, the Internet connection unit 323 of the mobile phone 3 confirms whether or not the user agrees to use the 3G communication via the AP unit 311 (shown as AP) in the mobile phone 3 (step S503). The confirmed state is transmitted to the PC 2 as an AP state confirmation response (step S504). Although the case where 3G communication is used has been described here, other data communication such as WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) and LTE (Long Time Evolution) can also be used.

  The Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 receives the AP status confirmation response, and when the mobile phone 3 does not agree to use 3G communication via the AP unit 311, it notifies the mobile phone 3 that the AP unit 311 cannot be used. Display a message. Then, the Internet connection unit 223 ends the process, and the control returns to the display of the mobile phone link screen shown in FIG. 11C. On the other hand, if the mobile phone 3 has agreed to use 3G communication via the AP unit 311, the Internet connection unit 223 displays a confirmation screen indicating that the mobile phone 3 is subscribed to a provider contract or a data communication plan (steps). S505). Then, the Internet connection unit 223 displays a selection screen for continuing or canceling the Internet connection. When the user selects cancel, the Internet connection unit 223 ends the process, and the mobile phone link screen shown in FIG. 11C is displayed. Control returns to display. By confirming the subscription of the provider contract or the data communication plan with the user, it is possible to prevent the packet charge of the mobile phone 3 from being generated where the user does not intend.

  On the other hand, when the user selects to continue the Internet connection, the Internet connection unit 223 transmits an AP switching request to the mobile phone 3 (step S506). The Internet connection unit 323 of the mobile phone 3 receives the AP switching request, and transmits an AP switching response to the PC 2 as a response thereto (step S507).

  Thereafter, the Internet connection units 223 and 323 instruct the setup units 221 and 321 to execute the setup process (execution of the setup sequence shown in FIG. 8), respectively (step S508). Here, the reason for executing the setup process is that the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 exchange the latest information with each other. In the setup sequence shown in FIG. 8, the mobile phone 3 transmits a setup start request to the PC 2, but the setup is performed by transmitting the setup start request to the mobile phone 3 from the PC 2 side that has received the AP switching response. You can also. In this case, the transmission side and the reception side of each process in each step shown in FIG. 8 are interchanged.

  When the setup process is completed, the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 transmits an AP stop to the WLAN unit 21 (step S509). When the WLAN unit 21 receives a stop instruction from the AP unit 211 and completes the stop of the AP unit 211, the WLAN unit 21 transmits AP stop completion to the Internet connection unit 223 (step S510). At this point, communication with the information communication device connected to the AP unit 211 other than the mobile phone 3 is disconnected. Then, the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 receives the notification of AP stop completion and sets a timeout time (step S511). If this timeout period elapses before the AP unit 311 of the mobile phone 3 to be connected is searched, the user is notified that the state of the AP unit 311 is confirmed on the mobile phone 3 side.

  In this example, the Internet connection unit 223 transmits an AP stop to the WLAN unit 21 to stop the AP operation. However, the Internet connection unit 223 may not stop the AP operation. That is, in the WLAN unit 21 of the PC, both the AP unit 211 and the STA unit 212 can operate simultaneously.

  When the setup process is completed, the Internet connection unit 323 of the mobile phone 3 confirms that the wireless connection is disconnected (step S512). Then, the internet connection unit 323 transmits a STA stop to the WLAN unit 31 (step S513). When the WLAN unit 31 receives a stop instruction from the STA unit 312 and completes the stop of the STA unit 312, the WLAN unit 31 transmits a STA stop completion to the Internet connection unit 323 (step S514). Through these processes, wireless communication between the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2 and the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 is disconnected (step S515).

  Thereafter, the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 performs an SSID search for the mobile phone 3 to be connected (step S516). That is, the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 instructs the WLAN unit 21 to search for the SSID of the mobile phone 3 to be connected (step S517), and the STA unit 212 of the WLAN unit 21 transmits a Probe request. If the AP unit 311 of the mobile phone 3 is activated, the AP unit 311 of the mobile phone 3 transmits a Probe response (including the SSID) in response to receiving the Probe request. The STA unit 212 of the WLAN unit 21 receives the Probe response from the mobile phone 3, and the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 receives the search result from the WLAN unit 21 (step S518). FIG. 14 shows a case where the AP unit 311 of the mobile phone 3 that is the mobile phone connection target at this time is not activated, and therefore the corresponding SSID is not included in the search result. For this reason, the Internet connection unit 223 confirms the failure of the SSID search of the mobile phone 3 to be connected (step S519) and retries the search (step S520).

  On the other hand, the Internet connection unit 323 of the mobile phone 3 transmits AP activation to the WLAN unit 31 (step S521). When the WLAN unit 31 receives an activation instruction from the AP unit 311 and completes activation of the AP unit 311, the WLAN unit 31 transmits AP activation completion to the Internet connection unit 323 (step S 522).

  The Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 instructs the WLAN unit 21 to perform a search retry (step S523). The STA unit 212 of the WLAN unit 21 receives a search instruction and transmits a Probe request. FIG. 14 shows that the AP unit 311 of the mobile phone 3 is activated at this time, and the AP unit 311 of the mobile phone 3 transmits a Probe response in response to the Ptobe request. The STA unit 212 of the WLAN unit 21 receives the Probe response from the mobile phone 3, and the Internet connection unit 223 of the PC 2 receives the search result from the WLAN unit 21 (step S524). Then, the Internet connection unit 223 detects the SSID of the mobile phone 3 to be connected (step S525), and instructs the WLAN unit 21 to connect to the AP unit 311 of the mobile phone 3 (step S526).

  Communication between the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2 and the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 starts and communication is established (step S527). Then, the WLAN unit 21 notifies the Internet connection unit 223 of the completion of connection (step S528), and the WLAN unit 31 notifies the Internet connection unit 323 of communication establishment (step S529). Then, the Internet connection unit 323 of the mobile phone 3 displays an AP mode communication screen (step S530). FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen during AP mode communication. As shown in FIG. 15, the number of connected information communication devices, the SSID of the device itself, and the like are displayed on the AP mode communication screen.

  As described above, the Internet connection units 223 and 323 cancel the PC-mobile phone cooperation in which the PC 2 operates as an AP, the mobile phone 3 operates as an STA, the PC 2 operates as an STA, and the mobile phone 3 operates as an AP. Let Internet connection units 223 and 323 connect the PC 2 to the Internet via the mobile phone 3. Therefore, the user can easily switch between AP and STA between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3. For this reason, the user can simply use the Internet from the PC 2 even when the PC 2 is not connected to the network, such as outdoors, only by setting up the PC-cell phone linkage.

  In addition, since the Internet connection units 223 and 323 execute AP switching only when the mobile phone 3 is permitted to use 3G communication via the AP, it is possible to prevent use of 3G communication unintended by the user. In addition, when the Internet connection unit 223 confirms the subscription of the provider contract or the data communication plan with the user, the user can be cautioned to pay for data communication. Further, when using the AP function of the mobile phone 3, the Internet connection units 223 and 323 execute a setup process to exchange the latest information between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3. Therefore, even when the AP state of the mobile phone 3 is changed by the user, the user can use the AP function.

  Here, the case where the Internet connection units 223 and 323 switch the PC 2 from the AP to the STA and the mobile phone 3 from the STA to the AP has been described. However, the Internet connection units 223 and 323 follow the same procedure in the PC 2 Can be switched from the STA to the AP, and the mobile phone 3 can be switched from the AP to the STA.

[Processing sequence in Quick mode]
Next, processing in the quick mode between the quick connection unit 224 of the PC 2 and the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 will be described. As described above, the quick mode is an operation mode used when information communication devices that do not belong to a network are temporarily connected to each other, and directly transmits and receives files after connection between information communication devices. Here, file transmission in the quick mode is referred to as “direct transmission”, and file reception is referred to as “direct reception”.

  16A to 16E are diagrams illustrating a processing sequence in the quick mode between the quick connection unit 224 of the PC 2 and the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3. 16A to 16E, it is assumed that the PC 2 operates as an access point (AP) and the mobile phone 3 operates as a station (STA). Further, the quick connection portion of the mobile phone 3 is referred to as a quick connection portion 324 in correspondence with the quick connection portion 224. Further, in association with the cooperation data storage unit 225, the cooperation data storage unit of the mobile phone 3 is referred to as a cooperation data storage unit 325. Further, in FIGS. 16A to 16E, it is assumed that authentication registration is not performed in advance between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3, and a reception BOX for receiving a file on the PC 2 is selected by the user. It is assumed that the direct reception start screen shown in FIG. Further, in the mobile phone 3 to be linked, it is assumed that the mobile phone 3 is raised by the user, and the file selection screen shown in FIG. 17D is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone 3 via the PC linkage selection screen. In addition, wireless communication between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is performed via the WLAN units 21 and 31.

  As shown in FIG. 16A, in the PC 2, the direct reception button on the direct reception start screen is pressed by the user (step S601). Then, the quick connection unit 224 of the PC 2 displays a file reception screen indicating reception confirmation of the waiting file (step S602-1). At this time, the quick connection unit 224 is in the case where the AP unit 211 (FIGS. 16A to 16E is indicated as AP) is activated and is connected to the STA unit of another device in the already constructed network. Then, a message to temporarily disconnect is displayed on the file reception screen. Accordingly, the quick connection unit 224 can explicitly indicate to the user that the network already connected is disconnected.

  When the OK button on the file reception screen is pressed by the user (step S602-2), the quick connection unit 224 of the PC 2 prompts the user to set a passkey when connecting on the go (hereinafter referred to as “going out”). Display a mode screen) (step S603). Compared to home, network security is reduced in public places such as going out. For this reason, when the user designates a pass key on this screen, security when connecting between devices in a public place or the like can be enhanced. If security enhancement is not required, the user does not need to specify a passkey for this screen. Here, when the user designates a pass key, the quick connection unit 224 sets the pass key based on the pass key (step S604).

  Then, the quick connection unit 224 of the PC 2 stores the AP state indicating whether or not the AP unit 211 is activated in the cooperation data storage unit 225 (step S605). Then, the quick connection unit 224 adds “! RN_” or “! RD_” indicating no passkey and “! FN_” or “! FD_” indicating the presence of a passkey to the beginning of the SSID for normal operation, and adds a new SSID. Generate (step S606). The generated new SSID becomes the quick mode SSID. That is, the quick connection unit 224 adds “! RN_” when there is no passkey and the PC2 is PC-NB, and “! RN_” when there is no passkey and the PC2 is PC-DT. RD_ "is added. The quick connection unit 224 adds “! FN_” when the pass key is present and the PC 2 is PC-NB, and “!!” when the PC 2 is not the pass key and the PC 2 is PC-DT. FD_ "is added. When the device is a mobile phone, the quick connection unit 224 adds “! RM_” when there is a passkey, and adds “! FM_” when there is no passkey.

  Subsequently, the quick connection unit 224 of the PC 2 automatically generates an encryption key under a specific condition using the quick mode SSID (step S607). Then, the quick connection unit 224 requests the WLAN unit 21 to start the AP unit 211 (step S608). The WLAN unit 21 requested to activate the AP unit 211 activates the AP unit 211 and notifies the quick connection unit 224 of the completion of activation of the AP (step S609).

  On the other hand, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 selects a file to be transmitted to the PC based on a user instruction (step S611).

  Furthermore, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 searches for a PC that operates as an AP via the WLAN unit 31 in order to search for an AP that does not belong to the same network and belongs to another network (step S31). S612, 613). That is, the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 transmits a Probe request (step S614). In response to this Probe request, the AP unit 211 of the PC 2 that has been activated as described above notifies the Probe response to the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 (step S615). The Probe response from the PC 2 includes a quick mode SSID in which an identifier is added to the SSID of the normal operation of the PC 2. Then, the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 notifies the quick connection unit 324 of the probe response acquired within a predetermined time together with the probe response from the PC 2 as a search result (step S616).

  Then, the quick connection unit 324 that has acquired the search result from the STA unit 312 of the WLAN unit 31 extracts the quick mode SSID from the search result (step S617). That is, the quick connection unit 324 extracts the SSID starting from “! RN_”, “! RD_”, “! RM_”, “! FN_”, “! FD_”, or “! FM_”.

  Then, based on the SSID extraction result, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 displays a transmission destination selection screen that shows a list of devices that can be specified as transmission destinations (step S618). Then, the quick connection unit 324 selects a device selected from the device list as a transmission destination device in accordance with a user's selection instruction using the input device (step S619). Here, it is assumed that the user selects three devices A, B, and C from the device list as transmission destination devices. The quick connection unit 324 executes file transmission processing by sequentially selecting the device A, the device B, and the device C as transmission destinations based on the selection result by the user. Note that the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 stores information on the device selected on the transmission destination selection screen in the linkage data storage unit 325.

  The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 stores the current network profile information in the cooperation data storage unit 325 before starting the file transmission process (step S620). This is for returning to the current network connection after the end of the process in the quick mode.

[Send to Device A]
The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 selects the device A among the transmission destination devices selected by the user, and starts processing for the device A. The quick connection unit 324 requests the user to input a pass key when the pass key needs to be input (step S621). In the present embodiment, when the SSID starts with “! FN_”, “! FD_”, or “! FM_”, it indicates that it is necessary to input a passkey for communication with the device indicated by the SSID. That is, the quick connection unit 324 requests the user to enter a passkey when the SSID of the selected device starts with “! FN_”, “! FD_”, or “! FM_”.

  Then, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 automatically generates an encryption key under specific conditions using the SSID of the device A (step S622). This specific condition is the same algorithm as the specific condition used when the encryption key is automatically generated in the device A.

  Then, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 notifies the PC 2 of the connection request to which the generated encryption key is added via the WLAN unit 31 (step S623). When a pass key is input, the quick connection unit 324 also includes the pass key in this connection request. Then, the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 and the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2 start communication and perform authentication using the encryption key. At this time, if the connection request includes a passkey, authentication using the passkey is also performed. When authentication using an encryption key and authentication using a pass key are performed as necessary, communication is established between the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 and the WLAN unit 21 of the PC 2. Then, the WLAN unit 21 of the device A notifies the quick connection unit 221 that communication is established (step S624). In addition, the WLAN unit 31 of the mobile phone 3 notifies the quick connection unit 321 of the completion of the connection (step S625). Thereby, the authentication between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 is performed.

[Direct transmission to device A]
When the authentication is performed between the device A and the mobile phone 3, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 transmits a file reception waiting search packet to the device A (step S626). When the file can be received, the quick connection unit 224 of the device A transmits a response to the file reception waiting search packet to the mobile phone 3 (step S627).

  The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a response to the file reception waiting search packet from the device A, and transmits a receivable capacity confirmation request to the device A (step S628). The quick connection unit 224 of the device A receives the receivable capacity confirmation request, confirms the receivable capacity (usable capacity) of the storage unit of its own device, and sends a response to the receivable capacity confirmation request to the mobile phone 3. Transmit (step S629). The quick connection unit 224 of the device A includes the confirmed information about the receivable capacity in this response.

  The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a response to the receivable capacity confirmation request from the device A, compares the receivable capacity information included in the response with the capacity of the file to be transmitted, and determines the file to be transmitted as the device. If it is determined that A can be received, a file reception request is transmitted to the device A (step S630). The quick connection unit 224 of the device A receives the file reception request and transmits a response to the file reception request to the mobile phone 3 (step S631).

  Subsequently, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a response to the file reception request, and transmits a file reception start notification to the device A for the file to be transmitted (step S632). When the quick connection unit 224 of the device A transmits a file acquisition request to the mobile phone 3 in response to receiving the file reception start notification (step S633), the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 sends a file to the device A. Is transmitted (step S634).

  After that, when all the files are received, the quick connection unit 224 of the device A transmits a reception completion notification to the mobile phone 3 (step S635). Then, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 holds the transmission result to the device A in the cooperation data storage unit 325. Here, the quick connection unit 324 holds the successful transmission to the device A as a transmission result in the cooperation data storage unit 325 (step S636). Note that the processing from step S626 to step S636 is referred to as “direct transmission processing”. That is, the direct transmission process refers to a process of transmitting a file after temporarily connecting between devices without registering and setting information on a device to be a communication partner in advance.

  When the direct transmission process with the device A is completed, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 disconnects the communication with the device A through the WLAN unit 31 (step S637). On the other hand, the quick connection unit 224 of the device A instructs the WLAN unit 21 to stop the AP unit 211 (step S638). After stopping the AP unit 211, the WLAN unit 21 notifies the quick connection unit 224 of the completion of the stop (step S639).

  Then, the quick connection unit 224 of the device A receives the notification of the completion of the stop of the AP unit 211, and returns the AP unit 211 to the state before the quick mode (step S640). That is, the quick connection unit 224 reads the state of the AP unit 211 stored in the cooperation data storage unit 225 in step S605 and instructs the AP unit 21 to return to the state. For example, if the state of the AP unit 211 stored in the cooperation data storage unit 225 is the normal operation state, the quick connection unit 224 returns the SSID from the quick mode SSID to the normal operation SSID and encrypts the normal operation. Return to the key. As a result, the device A reconstructs the network with the other devices that have configured the network before shifting to the quick mode.

  On the other hand, when the communication between the device A and the mobile phone 3 is disconnected, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a disconnection completion notification from the WLAN unit 31 (step S641). Subsequently, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 determines whether there is an untransmitted device (step S642). The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 uses information indicating each device selected as a transmission destination device and information indicating a transmission result of the direct transmission process corresponding to the device, which are stored in the cooperation data storage unit 325. Then, it is determined whether there is an untransmitted device. If it is determined that there is no untransmitted device (step S642; No), the quick connection unit 324 shifts the processing to step S683 in order to re-execute the direct transmission processing for the transmission failure device.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is an untransmitted device (step S642; Yes), the quick connection unit 324 executes direct transmission processing to an untransmitted device. Here, since the device B is an untransmitted device, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 selects the device B among the devices to be selected, and subsequently starts the process for the device B.

[Send to Device B]
Next, a case where direct transmission from the mobile phone 3 to the device B fails in the process for the device B will be described. Note that the processing from step S643 to step S647 is the same as the processing from step S621 to step S625 of the processing for the device A, and thus description of the overlapping operation is omitted.

[Direct transmission to device B]
When authentication is performed between the device B and the mobile phone 3, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 transmits a file reception wait search packet to the device B (step S648). When the file can be received, the quick connection unit 224 of the device B transmits a response to the file reception waiting search packet to the mobile phone 3 (step S649).

  The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives the response to the file reception waiting search packet from the device B, and transmits a receivable capacity confirmation request to the device B (step S650). The quick connection unit 224 of the device B receives the confirmation request for the receivable capacity, confirms the receivable capacity (usable capacity) of the storage unit of its own device, and sends a response to the receivable capacity confirmation request to the mobile phone 3. Transmit (step S651). The quick connection unit 224 of the device B includes information on the confirmed receivable capacity in this response. The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a response to the receivable capacity confirmation request from the device B, compares the receivable capacity information included in the response with the capacity of the file to be transmitted, and determines the file to be transmitted as the device B. Is determined to be unreceivable, the process proceeds to step S656 as a reception capacity related error.

  On the other hand, when the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives the response to the receivable capacity confirmation request from the device B and determines that the device B can receive the file to be transmitted by the above comparison, A file reception request is transmitted (step S652). Here, when the quick connection unit 224 of the device B does not respond to the file reception request, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 is not responding to the file reception request within a predetermined time. Thus, it is determined that the file cannot be transmitted to the device B, and the process proceeds to step S656.

  On the other hand, when the quick connection unit 224 of the device B responds to the file reception request (step S653), the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives the response to the file reception request and starts file reception for the file to be transmitted. A notification is transmitted to the device B (step S654). Here, when the quick connection unit 224 of the device B does not issue a file acquisition request, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 indicates that the file acquisition request is not received within a predetermined time in response to the file reception start notification. For the reason, it is determined that the file cannot be transmitted to the device B, and the process proceeds to step S656. The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 indicates that the file transmission to the device B has failed when there is any error related to reception capacity, no reception of a response to a file reception request, or no reception of a file acquisition request. The transmission result is held in the cooperative data storage unit 225 (step S656).

  If the direct transmission process with the device B fails, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 disconnects the communication with the device B via the WLAN unit 31 (step S657). On the other hand, the quick connection unit 224 of the device B holds the file reception waiting state in order to wait for the retransmission processing by the mobile phone 3 because the file reception has failed for any of the above reasons (step S658).

  When the communication between the device B and the mobile phone 3 is disconnected, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a disconnection completion notification from the WLAN unit 31 (step S659). Subsequently, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 determines whether there is an untransmitted device (step S660). The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 can determine the presence / absence of an untransmitted device based on the information held in the cooperation data storage unit 325 described above. If it is determined that there is no untransmitted device (step S660; No), the quick connection unit 324 shifts the processing to step S683 in order to re-execute the direct transmission processing for the transmission failure device.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that there is an untransmitted device (step S660; Yes), the quick connection unit 324 executes direct transmission processing to an untransmitted device. As described above, the quick connection unit 324 can identify an untransmitted device based on the information stored in the cooperation data storage unit 325. Here, since the device C is an untransmitted device, when the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 selects the device C among the devices to be selected, the quick connection unit 324 continuously starts processing for the device C.

[Send to Device C]
Since the process from step S661 to step S681 is the same as the process from step S621 to step S641 of the process for the device A, description of the overlapping operation is omitted. Here, it is assumed that the direct transmission from the mobile phone 3 to the device C is successful.

  When the direct transmission process is successful between the device C and the mobile phone 3 and communication is disconnected, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 determines whether there is an untransmitted device (step S682). The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 can determine the presence / absence of an untransmitted device based on the information held in the cooperation data storage unit 325 described above. If it is determined that there is an untransmitted device (step S682; Yes), the quick connection unit 324 proceeds to direct transmission processing for an untransmitted device. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no untransmitted device (step S682; No), the quick connection unit 324 shifts the processing to step S683 so as to re-execute the direct transmission process for the transmission failure device.

  The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 determines whether there is a transmission failure device (step S683). The quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 can determine the presence / absence of a transmission failure device based on the information held in the cooperation data storage unit 325 described above. When it is determined that there is a transmission failure device (step S683; Yes), the quick connection unit 324 determines whether or not retransmission has been performed to the transmission failure device (step S684). Although details will be described later, the re-transmission result is held in the cooperative data storage unit 325, and the quick connection unit 324 can determine whether or not to perform the re-transmission by referring to the re-transmission result. When it is determined that retransmission is not performed to the transmission failure device (step S684; No), the quick connection unit 324 confirms the transmission failure result held in the cooperation data storage unit 325 (step S685). Here, the quick connection unit 324 confirms that the device B has failed.

[Retransmission to device B]
As a result of confirming that the file transmission to the device B has failed and the retransmission to the device B is not executed, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 executes the retransmission to the device B. Note that the processing from step S686 to step S699 is the same as the processing from step S622 to step S635 of the processing for the device A, and thus description of the overlapping operation is omitted.

  Then, when the direct transmission processing is executed between the mobile phone 3 and the device B and the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives the reception completion notification from the device B, the transmission result indicates that the transmission to the device B is successful. And stored in the cooperation data storage unit 225 (step S700-1). On the other hand, when the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a receivable related error from the mobile phone 3, the transmission data indicating that the transmission to the device B has failed again and the cause of the failure are transmitted as linked data. The data is stored in the storage unit 225. In addition, when the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 does not respond to the file reception request, the transmission result to the cooperation data storage unit 225 indicates that the transmission to the device B failed again and the cause of the failure. Hold. Furthermore, if the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 has not issued a file acquisition request, the transmission result indicating that the transmission to the device B has failed again and the cause of the failure are stored in the cooperative data storage unit 225. Hold (step S700-2).

  When the direct retransmission process with the device B is completed, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 disconnects the communication with the device B via the WLAN unit 31 (step S701). On the other hand, the quick connection unit 224 of the device B instructs the WLAN unit 21 to stop the AP unit 211 (step S702). After stopping the AP unit 211, the WLAN unit 21 notifies the quick connection unit 224 of the completion of the stop (step S703).

  Then, the quick connection unit 224 of the device B receives the notification of the completion of the stop of the AP unit 211, and returns the AP unit 211 to the state before the quick mode (step S704). That is, the quick connection unit 224 reads the state of the AP unit 211 stored in the cooperation data storage unit 225 in step S605 and instructs the AP unit 21 to return to the state. For example, if the state of the AP unit 211 stored in the cooperation data storage unit 225 is the normal operation state, the quick connection unit 224 returns the SSID from the quick mode SSID to the normal operation SSID and encrypts the normal operation. Return to the key. As a result, the device B reconstructs the network with the other devices that have configured the network before shifting to the quick mode.

  On the other hand, when the communication between the device B and the mobile phone 3 is disconnected, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 receives a disconnection completion notification from the WLAN unit 31 (step S705). Then, if there is a transmission failure device, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 shifts the processing to step S683 so as to execute a retransmission process for the transmission failure device.

  Returning to step S683, when the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 determines that there is no transmission failure device (step S683; No), the process proceeds to step S706 to end the process in the quick mode. . In addition, when the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 determines that there is a transmission failure device and has performed retransmission to all the transmission failure devices (step S684; Yes), the quick connection unit 324 terminates the processing in the quick mode. Then, the process proceeds to step S706.

  Then, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 displays a transmission completion message on the screen of the mobile phone 3 (step S706). Then, the quick connection unit 324 reads out the network profile information before the quick mode stored in step S620 from the cooperation data storage unit 325 and reconnects using the profile information (step S707). A PC cooperation selection screen serving as the top screen of 32 is displayed (step S708).

[Example of screen used in processing sequence in Quick Mode]
FIG. 17A is a diagram illustrating an example of a direct reception start screen. As shown in FIG. 17A, when the reception BOX is selected by the PC 2, the PC 2 displays a direct reception button in order to receive a file from the mobile phone 3. In FIG. 17A, the PC 2 can capture files such as photos and moving images from the mobile phone 3.

  FIG. 17B is a diagram illustrating an example of a file reception screen. As shown in FIG. 17B, the PC 2 displays a reception confirmation message before receiving a file from the mobile phone 3. Further, the PC 2 displays a message indicating that the network already established may be temporarily disconnected while the file is being received.

  FIG. 17C is a diagram illustrating an example of a go-out mode screen. As shown in FIG. 17C, before receiving a file from the mobile phone 3, the PC 2 displays a message prompting the user to input a pass key in preparation for connection in a public place such as a place to go. Then, the PC 2 displays a text box for inputting a pass key. When the user inputs a pass key on the screen of FIG. 17C and instructs to start an automatic connection with the mobile phone 3 in order to receive a file from the mobile phone 3, the PC 2 further performs authentication in addition to the encryption key. Execute communication with enhanced security (direct reception). When the user starts automatic connection without inputting a passkey on the screen of FIG. 17C, the PC 2 executes communication (direct reception) with security secured by authentication using an encryption key.

  FIG. 17D is a diagram illustrating an example of a file selection screen. As shown in FIG. 17D, the mobile phone 3 displays a file that can be directly transmitted to the PC 2. The user operates the file selection screen shown in FIG. 17D to select an arbitrary file such as a photo, video, music data, etc., and the mobile phone 3 can transmit the selected file to the PC 2 based on the user's selection operation. it can.

  FIG. 17E is a diagram illustrating an example of a transmission destination selection screen. As illustrated in FIG. 17E, the mobile phone 3 displays a list of devices that are transmission destinations capable of directly transmitting the selected file. The user selects an arbitrary destination device from the device list displayed as shown in FIG. 17E, and the mobile phone 3 directly transmits a file to the destination device based on the user's selection operation. Regarding the selection of transmission destinations, the mobile phone 3 may be capable of selecting a plurality of transmission destinations at a time or may be capable of selecting transmission destinations one by one.

  In the embodiment, the mobile phone 3 has been described as operating as a station (STA). However, the mobile phone 3 may operate as an access point (AP). In this case, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 requests the WLAN unit 31 to stop the AP unit 311 before searching for a PC that operates as an AP (step S612). Then, the quick connection unit 324 requests the WLAN unit 31 to start the STA unit 312 in response to the completion of the stop of the AP unit 311. Then, the quick connection unit 324 may move to step S612 in order to search for a PC operating as an AP in response to the start of the STA unit 312 being completed.

Software configuration
Next, a software configuration for realizing cooperation between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 will be described. FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a software configuration. As illustrated in FIG. 18, software for realizing cooperation between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 includes an OS 810, a driver 820, and an application 830. The OS 810, the driver 820, and the application 830 realize cooperation processing in cooperation with the hardware 800.

  The driver 820 includes a WLAN program 820. The WLAN program 820 executed in the PC 2 realizes the function of the WLAN unit 21 shown in FIG. Also, the WLAN program 820 executed in the mobile phone 3 realizes the function of the WLAN unit 31 shown in FIG. The WLAN program 820 includes an STA program 821a and an AP program 821b. The STA program 821a and the AP program 821b executed in the PC 2 realize the functions of the STA unit 212 and the AP unit 211 shown in FIG. Further, the STA program 821a and the AP program 821b executed in the mobile phone 3 realize the functions of the STA unit 312 and the AP unit 311 shown in FIG.

  The application 830 includes a cooperation program 831. The cooperation program 831 executed in the PC 2 realizes the function of the cooperation unit 22 shown in FIG. Further, the cooperation program 831 executed in the mobile phone 3 realizes the function of the cooperation unit 32 shown in FIG. The cooperation program 831 uses the WLAN program 821 to cooperate with other information communication devices. That is, the cooperation program 831 of the PC 2 (or mobile phone 3) executes the cooperation process with the cooperation program 831 of the mobile phone 3 (or PC 2).

[Mobile phone hardware configuration]
FIG. 19 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of a mobile phone. As illustrated in FIG. 19, the mobile phone 900 includes a wireless communication unit 910, a display unit 920, a voice input / output unit 930, an input unit 940, a processor 950, and a storage unit 960. The wireless communication unit 910, the display unit 920, the voice input / output unit 930, the input unit 940, and the storage unit 960 are connected to the processor 950, respectively.

  The storage unit 960 includes a program storage unit 961, a data storage unit 962, and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 963. The program storage unit 961 stores programs such as a cooperation program 831 that realizes the functions of the cooperation unit 32 shown in FIG. The data storage unit 962 stores various data such as the SSID, encryption key, device information, and setting information stored in the cooperative data storage unit 225 shown in FIG. The storage unit 960 is, for example, a semiconductor memory device such as a RAM or a flash memory, or a storage device such as a hard disk (HDD) or an optical disk.

  The processor 950 is, for example, an integrated circuit such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or an electronic circuit such as a central processing unit (CPU) or a micro processing unit (MPU). Then, when the processor 950 reads a program such as the cooperation program 831 from the storage unit 960 and loads it into the RAM 963, the program such as the cooperation program 831 functions as a process such as a cooperation process. Then, the linkage process loads information read from the data storage unit 962 and the like into an area allocated to itself on the RAM 963 as appropriate, and executes various data processing based on the loaded data and the like.

[PC hardware configuration]
FIG. 20 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the PC. As illustrated in FIG. 20, the PC 1000 includes a RAM 1010, a network interface device 1020, an HDD 1030, a CPU 1040, a medium reading device 1050, and a bus 1060. The RAM 1010, the network interface device 1020, the HDD 1030, the CPU 1040, and the medium reading device 1050 are connected by a bus 1060.

  The HDD 1030 stores programs such as a cooperation program 831 that realizes the functions of the cooperation unit 32 shown in FIG. The HDD 1030 stores various data such as an SSID, an encryption key, device information, and setting information stored in the cooperation data storage unit 225 illustrated in FIG.

  Then, when the CPU 1040 reads the cooperation program 831 from the HDD 1030 and loads it into the RAM 1010, the cooperation program 831 functions as a cooperation process. Then, the linkage process loads information read from the HDD 1030 and the like into an area allocated to itself on the RAM 963 as appropriate, and executes various data processing based on the loaded data and the like.

  The medium reading device 1050 reads a program such as the cooperation program 831 from a medium that stores the program even if the program such as the cooperation program 831 is not stored in the HDD 1030. Examples of the medium reading device 1050 include a CD-ROM and an optical disk device.

  The network interface device 1020 is a device that is connected to an external device via a network, and is a device that supports wireless communication.

  The cooperation program 831 may be stored in another computer (or server) connected to the PC 1000 via a public line, the Internet, a LAN, a WAN (Wide Area Network), or the like. In this case, the PC 1000 reads the cooperation program 831 from another computer or the like via the network interface device 1020 and executes it.

[Effect of Example]
In the embodiment, the cooperation unit 22 of the PC 2 assigns an identifier used for identifying the device to the SSID that is normally used as a wireless communication AP. When the cooperation unit 22 receives an AP search request from the mobile phone 3 that executes the station function, the cooperation unit 22 transmits a new SSID (setup mode SSID) obtained as a result of the assignment as a response to the search request. According to such a configuration, the cooperation unit 22 transmits a new SSID to which an identifier used for device identification is transmitted as a response to the AP search request, and thus the AP of the AP is transmitted to the mobile phone 3 that has transmitted the search request. The device can be identified. As a result, the cooperation unit 22 can be connected to the intended AP from the mobile phone 3 that executes the station function.

  In the embodiment, the cooperation unit 22 assigns an identifier corresponding to the operation mode to the SSID used when the wireless communication AP normally operates as an AP for wireless communication. According to such a configuration, the cooperation unit 22 assigns an identifier corresponding to the operation mode to the SSID used in the normal operation. Therefore, the AP that normally connects to the mobile phone 3 that receives the assigned new SSID. Can be eliminated. As a result, the cooperation unit 22 can be connected to the intended AP from the mobile phone 3 that executes the station function.

  Further, in the embodiment, the cooperation unit 22 assigns an identifier corresponding to the category of the own device to the SSID that is used when normally operating as a wireless communication AP. According to this configuration, the cooperation unit 22 assigns an identifier corresponding to the category of the own device to the SSID, so that the AP that wants to connect to the mobile phone 3 that receives the assigned new SSID according to the category of the AP device. Can be identified. As a result, the cooperation unit 22 can be connected to the intended AP from the mobile phone 3 that executes the station function.

  In the embodiment, the cooperation unit 22 further gives an identifier indicating whether or not to request a password to the mobile phone 3 that is executing the station function, to the SSID that is used when the wireless communication AP normally operates as a wireless communication AP. . According to such a configuration, since the cooperation unit 22 gives the SSID an identifier indicating whether or not to request a password, it is possible to enhance security in connection with the mobile phone 3 that is executing the station function. it can.

  In the embodiment, the cooperation unit 32 that is executing the station function transmits an AP search request. And the cooperation part 32 receives new SSID (setup mode SSID) which provided the identifier used for identification of an apparatus from the information communication apparatus which performs AP function as a response of this transmitted search request. Then, the cooperation unit 32 establishes a connection with the information communication device that has transmitted the new SSID, using the received new SSID. According to such a configuration, the cooperation unit 32 receives the new SSID to which the identifier used for identifying the AP device is received, and thus can identify the AP device to be connected based on the new SSID. As a result, the cooperation unit 32 can prevent erroneous connection to an unintended AP device.

  Further, in the embodiment, the cooperation unit 32 uses the received new SSID to encrypt the encryption key under the same condition as the specific condition used when the information communication device that executes the AP function generates the encryption key. Is generated. Then, the linkage unit 32 establishes a connection with the information communication device using the generated encryption key. According to such a configuration, since the cooperation unit 32 automatically generates the encryption key under the same specific conditions as the AP information communication device using the new SSID, it can be easily established with the information communication device. A connection can be established.

  Further, in the embodiment, after the process of establishing the connection and the completion of a certain handshake, the cooperation unit 32 uses the normal operation SSID included in the new SSID to establish a connection using the new SSID. Establish a connection with the established information communication device again. According to such a configuration, the cooperation unit 32 establishes a connection using a new SSID, and then connects again to the device that has established the connection using an SSID for normal operation. A connection can be reliably established with the AP.

  In the embodiment, the cooperation unit 32 deletes the new SSID and the encryption key generated using the new SSID after the handshake is completed. According to such a configuration, the cooperation unit 32 can know the device information of the AP device as a result of the completion of the handshake, and therefore can delete unnecessary information when operating normally. As a result, the cooperation unit 32 can increase the usable storage capacity.

  In the embodiment, when the cooperation unit 32 receives a plurality of new SSIDs having the same identifier, the cooperation unit 32 selects an arbitrary SSID from each new SSID. According to such a configuration, the cooperation unit 32 can select an AP device when receiving a plurality of new SSIDs having the same identifier, and thus can connect to an intended AP.

  Further, in the embodiment, when the link unit 22 of the PC 2 is requested to transmit the device information and the wireless LAN information from the mobile phone 3 that executes the wireless communication station function, the cooperation unit 22 of the PC 2 executes the wireless communication access point function. Information on the device is transmitted to the mobile phone 3. When the cooperation unit 22 of the PC 2 receives a notification of completion of reception of the transmitted information from the mobile phone 3, it requests the mobile phone 3 to transmit device information and wireless LAN information. According to such a configuration, the link unit 22 of the PC 2 transmits the device information and wireless LAN information in the own device to the mobile phone 3, so that information used for wireless communication connection in the own device is transmitted to the mobile phone 3. Can communicate. Further, since the cooperation unit 22 of the PC 2 requests the mobile phone 3 to transmit device information and wireless LAN information to the mobile phone 3, it can receive information used for wireless communication connection in the mobile phone 3. It becomes possible. As a result, the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 performing wireless communication can acquire each other's information used for wireless communication connection.

  In the embodiment, when the link unit 22 of the PC 2 receives the information of the mobile phone 3 as a response to the transmission request for the device information and the wireless LAN information, the link information storage unit 225 stores the received information. According to such a configuration, the linkage unit 22 of the PC 2 stores information used for wireless communication connection in the mobile phone 3, so that even if the functions of the AP and the station are switched between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3 in the future, It becomes possible to connect.

  In the embodiment, the device cooperation unit 222 of the PC 2 acquires the setting information file from the mobile phone 3, and can take in the cooperation function with the mobile phone 3, that is, the mobile phone 3 based on the information of the acquired setting information file. Display data. Therefore, it is possible to prevent data that is not desired by the user of the mobile phone 3 from being taken into the PC 2.

  In the embodiment, the cooperation unit 32 of the mobile phone 3 operates so as to establish connection with only one PC 2 selected by the user in a state where it can cooperate with a plurality of PCs 2, and the selected one PC 2. Operates to confirm that the device information of the mobile phone 3 is registered in its own device and establish the connection. After the connection is established in this way, device cooperation processing is executed between the mobile phone 3 and one PC 2. This prevents unnecessary transmission of data to the PC 2 (PC to which data should not be sent) even if the mobile phone 3 can cooperate, and prevents the PC 2 from taking in unnecessary data from the mobile phone 3. Is done. Therefore, the privacy of data is ensured without the data in the mobile phone 3 leaking to irrelevant devices.

  In the embodiment, the Internet connection units 223 and 323 cancel the PC-mobile phone cooperation in which the PC 2 operates as an AP and the mobile phone 3 operates as an STA, the PC 2 operates as an STA, and the mobile phone 3 is moved to the AP. To act as. Internet connection units 223 and 323 connect the PC 2 to the Internet via the mobile phone 3. Therefore, the user can easily switch between AP and STA between the PC 2 and the mobile phone 3. For this reason, the user can simply use the Internet from the PC 2 even when the PC 2 is not connected to the network, such as outdoors, only by setting up the PC-cell phone linkage.

  Further, in the embodiment, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 searches for an AP device, extracts devices that are in response to the search, and waits for execution of direct reception. For each of a plurality of devices selected by the user from the selected devices, connection establishment and data transmission are executed based on connection information permitting connection in a device waiting for direct reception. According to such a configuration, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 can connect to a plurality of devices and easily transmit data to the devices without having to pre-register setting information regarding each data transmission destination device. be able to.

  In the embodiment, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 uses the same condition as the predetermined condition used when the device generates the encryption key as the connection information to the device waiting for execution of direct reception. Use the encryption key generated in step 1. According to such a configuration, the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 automatically generates the encryption key under the same predetermined condition as that of the device waiting for execution of direct reception. A temporary connection can be established while maintaining security without (authentication registration).

  In the embodiment, when the quick connection unit 324 of the mobile phone 3 cannot transmit data to a target device among a plurality of devices as a data transmission target, the quick connection unit 324 does not transmit the data. The process proceeds to a process for transmitting data to another target device among the plurality of devices without executing the retransmission process. The quick connection unit 324 establishes connection to the target device that has not been able to transmit data after the determination processing determines that the data transmission processing has been executed for all the plurality of devices, and the data The transmission process is executed again. According to such a configuration, the cause of the problem that the data could not be transmitted while the data transmission process is being executed for all of the plurality of target devices is resolved, and the data is successfully transmitted in the data retransmission process. Is likely to be. For example, if the cause of incomplete transmission is an error related to reception capacity, the cause of the error can be resolved by securing the receivable capacity in the cooperation target device. Also, for example, if the cause of the incomplete transmission is that the response to the file reception request from the quick connection unit 324 has not been received or the file acquisition request has not been received, the processing load of the PC 2 is reduced or network congestion is eliminated. The cause can be resolved. In addition, the time until data is transmitted to all the target devices is shortened by the retransmission processing as described above.

[Others]
In the embodiment, the case where n PCs and one mobile phone are linked has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and n PCs and m (m is 2 or more). The present invention can be applied in the same manner when the mobile phone is linked.

  In the embodiment, the case where the PC and the mobile phone are linked has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the PC and the PC, the mobile phone and the mobile phone, and the mobile phone and the other device are connected. The present invention can be similarly applied to a case where cooperation is performed between devices having a wireless LAN function, such as cooperation.

  The following supplementary notes are further disclosed with respect to the embodiments including the above examples.

(Appendix 1) In a program executed by an information communication device,
When the transmission of information used for wireless communication connection is requested from another information communication device that executes one of the functions of the wireless communication station function and access point function, the own device that executes the other function Sending information to the other information communication device,
When receiving from the other information communication device that the transmitted information has been received, causes the computer to execute processing for requesting the other information communication device to transmit the information of the other information communication device. A program characterized by

(Supplementary note 2) The program according to supplementary note 1, wherein when the information of the other information communication device is received as a response to the information transmission request, the received information is stored in a storage unit.

(Supplementary Note 3) When transmission of information used for connection of wireless communication is requested from another information communication device that executes one of the wireless communication station function and access point function, the other function is executed. A transmission unit for transmitting the information of the own device to the other information communication device;
An information requesting unit that requests the other information communication device to transmit the information when the information transmitted from the transmitting unit is received from the other information communication device. Information communication equipment.

(Appendix 4) A method of cooperation between a first information communication device and a second information communication device in wireless communication,
When the first information communication device is requested to transmit information used for wireless communication connection from the second information communication device that executes one of the functions of a wireless communication station function and an access point function. , Transmitting the information of the device that executes the other function to the second information communication device,
When the second information communication device receives the transmitted information, the received information is stored in the storage unit of the own device,
When the first information communication device receives from the second information communication device that it has received the transmitted information, it requests the second information communication device to transmit the information,
When the information of the second information communication device is received as a response to the information transmission request, the cooperation method includes a process of storing the received information in a storage unit of the device itself.

(Additional remark 5) It is a system which cooperates between the information communication apparatuses in wireless communication,
The first information communication device is
A first storage for storing information used for wireless communication connection;
When the second information communication device that executes one of the station function and the access point function is requested to transmit information used for wireless communication connection, the other stored in the first storage unit A first transmission unit that transmits the information of the device that executes the function to the second information communication device;
When receiving from the second information communication device that the information transmitted by the first transmission unit has been received, an information requesting unit that requests the second information communication device to transmit the information;
A first information storage unit that stores the received information in the first storage unit when receiving the information of the second information communication device as a response to the transmission request by the information request unit;
The second information communication device is:
A second storage unit that stores information used for wireless communication connection;
A second information storage unit that stores the received information of the first information communication device in the second storage unit upon receiving the information transmitted by the first transmission unit;
A second transmission unit that transmits the information stored in the second storage unit to the first information communication device when the information request unit requests transmission of the information. A system characterized by

1 PC-mobile phone linkage system 2 PC
3 Mobile phone 21, 31 WLAN unit 22, 32 Cooperation unit 23, 34 Input control unit 24, 35 Display control unit 33 Wireless control unit 36 Call control unit 37 Microphone control unit 38 Call recording unit 39 Phonebook recording unit 3a Location detection control Unit 211 AP unit 212 STA unit 221 setup unit 222 device cooperation unit 223 Internet connection unit 224 quick connection unit 225 cooperation data storage unit 226 GUI unit 227 device selection unit 228 control unit

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A program executed by a computer as a first information communication device in wireless communication,
When the first information communication device executes a first function that is one of a station function and an access point function of wireless communication, second information that executes a second function that is the other function SSID (Service Set Identifier) information for wireless communication connection operation from a communication device , SSID for normal operation, operation mode, presence / absence of passkey as a password used for authentication, and device for executing an access point function an identifier of, when requested to transmit the information including the said information of the first communication devices, in order to be stored in the storage unit of the second communication devices, said second telecommunications To the device,
Upon receiving from the second information communication device that the transmitted information has been received, the second information communication device is requested to transmit the information of the second information communication device ,
When the information of the second information communication device is received as a response to the information transmission request , the computer is caused to execute a process of storing the received information in a storage unit of the first information communication device. Program to do. The first information communication device executes an access point function as the first function while the second information communication device executes a station function as the second function. Item 1. The program according to item 1. When the first information communication device executes the second function, when receiving the SSID for the connection operation from the second information communication device that executes the first function, the SSID for the connection operation The encryption key is generated under a specific condition using the SSID, and the SSID for the connection operation and the encryption key are stored in a storage unit of the first information communication device. program. When the first information communication device executes the second function, the connection request to which the encryption key is added is transmitted to the second information communication device that executes the first function to transmit the second function. 4. The program according to claim 3, wherein authentication registration with the information communication device is performed. When the first information communication device performs the second function,
Extract the SSID for normal operation from the SSID for connection operation,
After authentication registration with the second information communication device that executes the first function, the SSID for the connection operation is deleted from the storage unit of the first information communication device,
Disconnecting wireless communication with the second information communication device;
Search for a communication partner using the extracted SSID for normal operation
The program according to claim 2, wherein: A system for linking between a first information communication device and a second information communication device in wireless communication,
The first information communication device is:
A first storage for storing information used for wireless communication connection;
When the second information communication device that executes either one of the wireless communication station function and the access point function is requested to transmit information used for wireless communication connection, the second function that executes the other function is executed. A first transmitter that transmits the information of one information communication device to the second information communication device;
When the information transmitted from the first transmitter is received from the second information communication device, the information transmitted from the second information communication device is transmitted to the second information communication device. An information requesting part for requesting,
A first information storage unit that stores the received information in the first storage unit when receiving the information of the second information communication device as a response to the information transmission request;
The second information communication device is:
A second storage unit that stores information used for wireless communication connection;
A second information storage unit that stores the received information in the second storage unit when the information transmitted from the first transmission unit is received;
The information used for the wireless communication connection is SSID (Service Set Identifier) information for wireless communication connection operation, which is an SSID for normal operation, an operation mode, and presence / absence of a passkey that is a password used for authentication. And an identifier of a device that executes the access point function
A system characterized by that. A cooperation method between the first communication devices and the second communication devices in a wireless communication,
SSID (Service Set Identifier) information for wireless communication connection operation from the second information communication device in which the first information communication device executes any one of a wireless communication station function and an access point function. and a and SSID for normal operation in the operation mode, and whether the passkey is a password used for authentication, an identifier of a device to perform an access point function, when requested to transmit the information including the other Transmitting the information of the first information communication device that performs a function to the second information communication device;
When the second information communication device receives the transmitted information, the received information is stored in a storage unit of the second information communication device,
The first information communication device receives a message indicating that received the information the transmission from the second communication devices, said information of said second information communication device to said second communication devices Request to send
When the first information communication device receives the information of the second information communication device as a response to the information transmission request, the received information is stored in the storage unit of the first information communication device. The cooperation method characterized by including.

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